Collapsible bottle carrier



Feb. 26, 1946. ARNOLD COLLAPSIBLE BOTTLE CARRIER Filed Jan. 5, 1945 2Sheets-Sheet 1 gwumvtm Berna/"0 Arno l0 1 Feb. 26, 1946. ARNOLD2,395,711

COLLAPS IBLE BOTTLE CARRIER Filed Jan. 5, 1945 2 Sheets-Sheet 2awe/who's Berna/"0 Arno/d Patented Feb. 26, 1946 UNITED] STATES PATENTOFFICE Application January 5, 1945, Serial No. 571,417

4 Claims. (01. 229-52) This invention relates to a bottle carrier and itconsists in the constructions, arrangements and combinations hereindescribed and claimed.

It is a particular object of the invention to provide a combined bottlecarrier and display carton, which may be formed from a single blank ofsheet material.

It is also an important object of the invention to provide a novelconstruction of blank wherein those portions of the assembled carrierwhich support the greatest weight of the bottles being carried isreinforced to such an extent that liability of breakage of the carrieris avoided.

It is a still further important object of the invention to provide acarrier which may be formed from card-board or other suitable materialof a required weight, which may be fed through a proper cutting machinein web form, the web being cut and scored in a manner to minimize wasteof the web.

It is also an object of the invention to provide a carrier the blank ofwhich may be maintained in fiat collapsed condition, permitting readyhandling and shipping, the blanks being readily assembled in finishedform with but little effort and by inexperienced persons.

Additional objects, advantages and features of invention will beapparent from the following description considered in conjunction withthe accompanying drawings, wherein Figure 1 is a perspective view of acarrier constructed in accordance with the invention.

Figure 2 is a plan view of the blank.

Figure 3 is a side elevation of the assembled carrier.

Figure 4 is a top plan view thereof.

Figure 5 is a perspective view illustrating one stage of assembly of thecarrier.

. Figure 6 is an end view of the carrier illustrating the finalinterlocking step of assembling the blank.

Attention is first invited to Figure 1, wherein strength.

Reference is now made to Figure 2 of the drawings, for an understandingof the construction of the blank, wherein it will be seen that the blankis of substantially rectangular shape and in actual practice, the blankhas a measurement smaller size. Where larger bottles are to beaccommodated, the dimensions will be increased in I will be described.

proportionto the size of the bottles. A flap i5 is formed upon one sideof the length pithe blank .and uponthe opposite side a flap I6 isprovided, formed as integral parts of the blank, each of the.flaps beingscored along respective lines ll coextensive with the longitudinal edgesof the blank. The flaps l5 and i6 arelocated medially of the length ofthe blank and project from the blank a distance of four and one-half(4%") inches and seven (7) inches in length. The flaps l5 and It willconstitute the base of the carrier when assembled. The flap It includesa tongue l8 adapted to be inserted through a slot I9 formed at the baseof the flap it, when the flaps are brought into overlapped relation, as

The blank is cut away centrally thereof substantially in the form of anoctagon, opposite angles 20 being seven (7) inches long, or the width ofthe flaps l5 and It, and extend parallel to the longitudinal edges ofthe blank. From the terminal ends of the anglesZD, the cut-away portionis defined by angles 2!, of four inch lengths, the opening or cut-awaypart being completed by the angles 22 which will be seen to extendparallel to the width of the blank. A line of scoring 23 is formed inthe blank coincident with respective angles 22 terminating at thelongitudinal edges of the blank, The panels it are thus formed, a pairat each side oi. the cut-away.

portion'or opening formed in the blank. The

panels it are scored as at 2t, these lines of scoring extending parallelto the longitudinal edges of the blank.

Elongated opening 25 are formed in three of the panels It, while in thefourth panel is formed with a similar opening 25' partially blanked out,leaving a flap 26 which is employed to interlock the panels it in theassembled carrier, as well as to reinforce the openings 25 when thedevice is being carried.

In order that the compartments l2 and it may be provided with spacers orseparators, preventing contact between bottles, the blank is formed withfiaps 2i, struck out on lines coincident with respective lines ofscoring 2& aligned with respective horizontal edges of the flaps l6 andit. The flaps 2? are scored along respective lines it shipment orstorage, and when it is desired to assemble a carrier, the blank may belightly folded along the scored lines 13, 24, 2!, 2!, and along scoredline 30. The folds along lines 23 and 28 being in a direction to presentthe panels I! so as to overlie the octagon shaped cut out portion of theblank.

The panels M at the lower portion of the blank, as seen in Figure 2,will now be referred as 3|, and these panels will be first foldedinwardly above the cut-out portion of the blank, the fold being alonglines 23 and 28 and the material 32 between these lines of fold willconstitute end walls of respective compartments i2 and II. The panels Mat the opposite side of the blank are folded inwardly so as to lie fiatupon the blank portion 3! as shown in Figure 5. In this position of theblank, the second lines 24 are in registry permitting ready folding tobring the two uppermost panels it into abutting fiat relation, thedirection of fold being .indicated by an arrow in Figure 5. The openings2525' will also be in registry. The fiap I is now folded along thescored line I! so as to extend across the bottoms of compartments i2 andI3 when the fiap It may be folded to-assume a position fiat upon theflap l5; and finally the tongue i8 is inserted into the slot IS. Thecarrier is thus assembled except for folding the fiap 26 inwardlythrough registered openings 25, and folding the fiapszl inwardly ofrespective compartments I2 and i3.

It will be noted that by forming the cut-out portion ofthe blank in theshape described, the angles 2i define tapered upper edges on the sidewalls 32 of the compartments l2 and it, allowing ample clearance forplacing and removing bottles from the compartments. 4

The openings 33 of the front walls 34 will permit display of themerchandise and-the spaces from a single blank of sheet material,comprising a handle consisting of tour panels folded to lie in parallelrelation, the inner two of said panels having respective end wall flaps,a side wall connecting the end wall flaps upon respective sides, bottomwall flaps flexibly connected to respective side walls and movable to aposition across said four panels and beyond, one of said bottomv wallshaving a slot, the other of said bottom walls having a tongue forinsertion through said slot, said side walls having partition wallsfoldable in the direction of said panels defining bottle cells and saidpanels having aligned hand hold openings.

2. The structure of claim 1, in which one of the outermost panels isprovided with a flap bendable through the aligned hand hold openlngs.

3. In a portable carrier for bottles, formed from a single blank ofsheet material, said blank having a. medial opening of substantial size,a pair of panel members flexibly connected at opposite sides of saidopening, said panels being foldable along a line co-extensive with theadjacent boundary of the opening to lie over said opening one above theother, a second line of fold inwardly of and parallel to the first lineof fold, the space between said lines of fold forming end walls ofrespectivecompartments of an assembled carrier, the space between saidsecond lines of fold forming respective side walls of a compartment, apair of fiap members flexibly connected to said blank and a pair or awidth corresponding to the distance between said second two lines offold, each of said flaps having a line of fold coincident withrespective edges of the blank, one of said flaps having a slot, theother of said fiaps having a tongue, said fiaps being folded inoverlying relation for 40 disposition of the tongue within the slot,said as are suitable for display of advertising matter.

While I have shown and specifically described the invention, this is byway of illustration only,

and I consider as my own, all such modifications in construction asfairly fall within the scope of the appended claims.

I claim: 1. In a portable carrier for bottles, formed fiaps tormlngabottom wall for the compartments, said panel members each having a lineof fold intermediate their lengths, whereby the four panels may be movedto present the two uppermost panels into parallel abutting relation.

4. The structure of claim 3 in which the opening is of substantiallyoctagonal shape certain angles of which define inclined end edges onsaid end walls.

BERNARD ARNOLD.

